The discovery that organic compounds can be made from carbon dioxide, water and iron ore lends new support to the idea that life began in the depths of the oceans. Philip Ball explains.
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Ball, P. Making vinegar on the early earth. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000224-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000224-3
